Excerpt from Inside the House That Jack Built: The Story, Told in Conversation, of How Two Homes Were FurnishedH. Kimball and F. Y. Joannes, the archi teets of the House that Jack Built, and to Messrs. Hiss and Weeks, the architects of Tom's house, for their courtesy in allowing me to se cure the necessary photographs, and use them as I have used them, to help present in dialogue facts and fancies about house furnishing. While I believe that the little story has attractive merit, I feel entitled to claim but a small part of the credit for its success, as it was suggested by Mr. Walter H. Dyer, the editor of Country Life in America, in the pages of which it first appeared, and to the publishers of which I am indebted for permission to reproduce it in book form, while Mr. Arthur G. Eldredge was responsible for most of the photographs, and Mary for the vivacity and human interest of the narrative.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.